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A catalogue of the Lyon & Healy collection of rare old violins, violas …, 1916
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1RARE OLD VIOLINS
3FRANCISCUS GEISENHOF, VIENNA, 1765
5Number 4500. An extraordinary example of his work. Geisenhof was one of the most remarkable of Viennese violin makers, excelling his contemporaries in the volume of his tone and the quality of his varnish. This instrument closely resembles the best Italian work and we may add that it came into our possession from a gentleman who purchased it in Boston several years ago, at which time its price was several times the amount we are now asking for it. It was selected for him by one of the leading teachers of Boston, which we mention merely to show that its tone must have been highly satisfactory. The model is broad and flat, the wood of the choicest kind for tone, the varnish excellent in quality and the condition good. It is, therefore, at the price we are asking for it, an ideal violin for general, all around use.
7Price: $650
9CARLO GIUSEPPE TESTORE, MILANO, 1717
11Number 4698. This is a very true example of Testore's work, this master being one of the foremost of the Milanese School of violin makers. It is an instrument which has seen a great deal of use and is offered at a particularly attractive price which will interest musicians who desire an Italian violin for its tone and not its appearance. It has been carefully repaired and possesses a tone of marked richness. The varnish, which is very fine, is of an orange red color. The wood of the back and sides is especially choice.
13Price: $650
15JOSEPH PANORMO, 1808.
17Number 4632. Large flat Stradivarius model; splendid wood throughout; reddish color varnish; very strong in wood; splendid preservation.
19Price: $600
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